Trellis for building construction



March 29, 1932, M. J. SHERRY TRELLIS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 28, 1950 Tag 3' MiliTOR By tar, plaster, stucco,

thereby leaving -a gap in above.

Patented Mar. 2 9, v i

MICHAEL J. SHERRY, or UTICA, nnw YO ItK TRELLIS nor. nuitnme cons'rnuorron Application filed August 28, 1930. Serial No. 478,412. i

My invention relates to a trellis for building construction and process for using same, and I declare the following to be'a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof sufficient to enable anyoneskilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

Theobjectof the invention 15 to provide a trellis for use more particularly in build-. ing construction, either on the outside when walls with cement, moretc., or on the partition walls withinthe building to prevent said ce+ covering the outer ment, mortar, et cetera, from cracking and i the wall. a r The object will be understood by referring to the drawings, inwhich- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device showing parts broken away to expose the trellis structure and" oneof the channel irons used in the structure in section. e

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ofa wall using the trellis structure.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing a perspective of a corner piece employed.

Referring more particularly to the-drawings, the device consists the clapboards or outside boards 2 of the house, if it is desired to cover the exterior of the building with cement, stucco, etc. Said laths 1 are disposed in vertical position and at suitable intervalsapart. wire mesh 3 is laid then against the outside surfaces of lath 1 and nailed thereto, whereby to form a porous support for the cement, mortar or other material or other soft metal having flanges 7, 7 are nailed to lath 1 outside of wire mesh 3. Certain of the copper strips such as 10 are arranged in parallel horizontal rows. The vertically disposed copper channel strips 5 are made in short lengths and disposed between horizontal strips 10 at suitable intervalsto allow for a certain amount of yield of strips 10. The vertically disposed strips 5111 the next succeeding row are offset from those above, or arranged so as vening spaces between each two of the row is carried through the entire structure'of of nailing lath 1 to used in the construction of the wall. Channel strips 5 made of copper of yield in said to occupy the inter- This offset arrangement of strips 5 the and is designedfto forapredetermined amountgof yield between horizontalv strips; 1Q to ant cipate any con; traction. or'expansion of the cement. Furthermore, the .s'hort vertic'al channel strips will {allow fora lateral yield.

Afterthe' frame consist'ng of thelfath l, wire mesh 3, horizontallcopper channel strips 10 and yerticali strip s, 5 have be en laid against) the outside wall of. the fbuildi'ngfoiflinside partition' 'wall, the v i outer surface "of cop er,

ing only lth'eouter'space of said strips l O and 5,

r'epresentingst'onesn A window can '20 similar ,to strips 10 and Sand disposing them in a radialman ner to formlthe ,archof thewindowa I cement,"-stucco or'gother. i I like material is laid thereon, whereby to fill;

J up theqentire space from the' boards 2 to the.

strips 10: and51'leav 1 xpb d, w r by qgwe abl c -app w eabsrd ineiis sa as; a

' copper channelstrips A channel piece 21isu'sed at the corners of the building and fastened to the adjacent lath l, 1 located at said corner. The corner chan nel piece'21 has its flanges 22, 22 bent at an angle somewhat greaterthan a right angle, whereby laths 1 and can be nailed-thereto.

The clapboards 2 of the house are I claim as new anddesireto secure by Letters Patentis as follows:

Waterproof paper I they will lie flush. with the corner first covered with a waterproof paper before attachwhether the build- 1. In aitrellis for building construction,

flanges disposed'in'offset relationto each other,"wl1ereby to allow for a given, amount first named channel members, a wire mesh mounted adjacent to said channel members, whereby to aid in holding the building material to said channel members, laths for supporting said channel members, and said channel members being fastened to said channel membershaving flanges projecting 1n 3 Q rev V laths by dri ing nails through the'fianges of I said channel members.

2. In a trellis for building construction,

elongated channel members having flanges 7 formed thereon, said channel members being disposed in parallel relation to each other, other short channel members having flanges formedthereon, said short channel-members being disposed to span the space between said elongated channel members, whereby toallow fora givenamount-ofyield, a Wiremesh mounted adjacent to said channel members, a

1 composition material appliedato. said. wire a V mesh between saidchannel members, l'aths for supporting said channel members andmeansfor fastening said channelmembers to said'laths.

i 3; In a; trellis for building casts-cm, elongated channel members having flanges projecting in opposite directions therefrom,

said channel vmembers beingdi'sposedin' v parallel relation to'each other, other short length channel members havin flangesdisposedainoffset relationto each other, said second named {channel members disposed be tween said-first named channel members at p 7 "suitable intervalsand' being oflsetwith relation to each other," whereby Qallow for a; i 'gien :amcunt of yield, laths for supporting sald ehannel'members, ajwiref mesh mountedto said'lathsand a compositionmountedon said-wire meshinthe spaces formed byjsaid channel memb rs whereby to fornfa-[Wall surface. f

In testimony whereof Ihave aflixedmyl sig- I MICHAEIQJQSHERRI nature. 

